Netflix ‘Social Features’ Coming In 2013, Once President Signs Bill — Netflix will introduce “social features” for U.S. users in 2013, the company told TPM Wednesday, following a bill passed by Congress just before the holiday break that removes previous restrictions that prevented companies from sharing customer video rental history.

Become a Crime-Fighting Superhero in Your Spare Time — Chris Goodroe doesn't do Facebook, and he doesn't do Twitter. Online socializing isn't his thing. But after watching his neighbors use the internet to bust a pair of burglars earlier this year, the Oakland attorney decided …

Report: Few Using Smart TVs to Full Capacity — Smart TVs sound great in theory, but few people are actually getting the most out of their Internet-connected television sets, according to a new report from the NPD Group. — “The Internet-connected HDTV screen has so far failed to break beyond …

Why we love to hate Myspace — A year and a half after leaving News Corp, the site reinvents itself — again — Myspace is gradually inviting users to “new Myspace,” the first big refresh in the post-News Corp era, and already the claws have come out. We took a tour of the new site …

Feds Requiring ‘Black Boxes’ in All Motor Vehicles — Federal regulators are proposing that new automobiles sold in the United States after September 2014 come equipped with black boxes, so-called “event data recorders” that chronicle everything from how fast a vehicle was traveling, the number of passengers and even a car's location.

Amazon's Server Snafu Rattles Netflix, Other Customers — Amazon.com Inc.'s latest technical glitch—interrupting service for Netflix Inc. and others—is causing some companies to rethink their reliance on the Seattle-based company for the bulk of their Web-computing needs.